Artie

Where Artie comes from

From Art + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Artie
  • Vowel-ended
Artie through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #288 among girls, with 29 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Peak, #280
    50 babies named Artie, its best rank.
  3. 1890
    Artie Ortego born
    American actor
  4. 1946
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  5. 1954
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,450.
  6. 1967
    Artie Lange born
    American comedian
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
Namesakes
  • Artie Lange · American comedian, born 1967
  • Artie Ortego · American actor, 1890–1960
  • Artie P. Hatzes · American astronomer, born 1957
  • Artie Bell · Irish motorcycle road racer, 1914–1972
  • Artie Matthews · American songwriter, pianist and ragtime composer, 1888–1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.